Iain Bates (born 24 January 1979)[1] is the head of women's tennis at the British Lawn Tennis Association (LTA).
Career
Bates started playing tennis at the age of six.[2]
Bates was a promising British junior tennis player,[3] who won the boys doubles final at the 1996 Osaka Mayor's Cup,[4] and reached the second round of boys singles main draw at the Astrid Bowl and Junior Wimbledon in 1997.[2]
He later became a university lecturer.[3]
Bates was Lawn Tennis Association women's tennis manager until February 2013.[5]
Bates was appointed head of women's tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association in February 2013, replacing Leon Smith.[6][5]
Bates was also the Lawn Tennis Association Olympic Team Leader for the 2016,[7] and 2020 Summer Olympics.[8][9]
Bates has worked with Emma Raducanu since her early teens.[10] He was part of her support team for the 2021 US Open where she won, and became her temporary coach in April 2022.[11]
References
- ^ "Bates Iain – profile", tennisexplorer.com
- ^ a b "Iain Bates Juniors Singles Activity", International Tennis Federation
- ^ a b "Episode 78: Iain Bates – LTA Head Of Women's Tennis", SotoTennis Academy, 18 November 2020
- ^ "Iain Bates Juniors Doubles Activity", International Tennis Federation
- ^ a b "Bates appointed as head of women's tennis at Lawn Tennis Association". Sky Sports. 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Iain Bates appointed new head of British women's tennis". BBC Sport. 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Four tennis players named to represent Team GB at Rio Olympic Games", Lawn Tennis Association, 24 June 2016
- ^ "Tennis Team Announced for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics", Team GB, 24 June 2021
- ^ "Liam Broady added to Team GB's tennis squad for Olympic Games". Whitchurch Herald. PA News Agency. 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Pace of Emma Raducanu's improvement 'truly remarkable', says mentor". Evening Standard. 9 September 2021.
- ^ Gray, James (26 April 2022). "Emma Raducanu seeks new coach again after split with Torben Beltz less than four weeks out from French Open". iNews.